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Niklas Svedberg, who backed up Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins last season, has signed a one year contract with Salavat of the KHL. No financial terms have been released, yet.

The 25 year old Svedberg is a restricted free agent for Boston, but appears ready to test his skills closer to his homeland of Sweden. Svedberg posted a 7-5-1 record with nine Quality Starts against just two Really Bad Starts during his rookie NHL campaign. He was beaten for just 35 goals on 435 combined shots over his 14 starts and 18 games. Sun, May 10, 2015 08:40:00 PM

Niklas Svedberg stopped six of seven shots in relief of Tuukka Rask during Sundays 5-3 loss to Tampa Bay.

Rask got the hook after allowing four goals on 12 shots. Surprisingly, the Bruins have lacked consistency in net this season. Both Rask and Svedberg have gone through some rough stretches this year. The Bruins are just one point ahead of the Ottawa Senators for the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. Svedberg didn't factor into the decision in Sunday's game. Sun, Mar 22, 2015 07:51:00 PM

Niklas Svedberg stopped 23 of 24 shots Tuesday night, but was an unlucky loser as the Bruins dropped a 2-1 shootout decision to Buffalo.

Svedberg received the starting assignment after Tuukka Rask was forced to sit out due to "general soreness" and he delivered a strong enough performance to win, but he was outdueled by the Sabres' Anders Lindback. The Boston backup owns a 7-5-1 record in limited action this year. Tue, Mar 17, 2015 10:47:00 PM

Niklas Svedberg will get the start versus the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.

Through 15 games this season, Svedberg owns a 7-5-0 record with 31 goals on 376 shots this season. Back in October, Svedberg beat the Sabres twice while allowing just two goals on 47 total shots. Including a shutout. Tue, Mar 17, 2015 05:12:00 PM

David Krejci registered a pair of assists in Monday's 4-3 overtime win over Florida.

He had a helper on Tim Schaller's icebreaker in the first period and he set up David Pastrnak's game winner in the extra session. After a sluggish start to the season, Krejci has produced three goals and nine assists in the last 13 contests.

Trading Spooner would make some sense as it seems that Boston's depth, particularly at the center position, has hurt his value to the Bruins. It also recently seemed that he was in coach Claude Julien's doghouse and Spooner has spent some time on the fourth line. That being said he had 49 points last season and at the age of 24 still has some untapped upside. A change of scenery might be in all parties' best interest. The Carolina Hurricanes, San Jose Sharks, and New York Islanders have shown interest in Spooner, according to CSN New England's source.

Austin Czarnik notched a goal and an assist in Boston's 5-2 win over Columbus on Thursday night.

The Blue Jackets scored the opening goal of the game just 2:29 into the first period, but then the Bruins answered back with four straight markers before the start of the second frame. Both of Czarnik's points came during that outburst to give him a total of four in 10 games this year.

Tim Schaller has played the last two games at left wing alongside David Krejci and David Backes.

Ryan Spooner, who has been skating on the fourth line, saw some shifts on Boston's second line. "We've been looking for somebody that's going to give us a little bit of consistency on the left side," coach Claude Julien said. "Spoons has been in and out. Beleskey's been in and out. Some nights those lines have no scoring chances. As a coach, you do what you've got to do and move guys around. I need more offense out of that line."

Beleskey was injured in Saturday's game against the Sabres and he didn't play in tonight's game against Florida. Expect him to return in mid-January. The Bruins forward has two goals and three assists in 24 games this season.

He had the lone assist on Dominic Moore's seventh goal of the season in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals. The 21-year-old forward was playing in his third game with the Bruins this month.

"Any time a guy joins a team for practice, even with the red jersey ... it's good to see, a step in the right direction for Frank," coach Claude Julien said. "That's the best way for him right now to get up to the pace of your game, because it's going to take a while." He could be available later this month if his recovery goes well.

"He's playing with a lot of confidence," coach Claude Julien said. "He's skating, and not only that, he's taking pucks to the net." Pastrnak has become a game changer for the Bruins this season, with 18 goals in just 23 games. He also chipped in six assists along with a plus-17 rating.

Torey Krug has extended his point streak to three games with a goal in Thursday's 2-1 shootout win over Carolina.

Krug is now up to two goals and 11 points in 24 games this season. Now through the first 265 games of his career, the talented blue liner has 32 goals and 136 points and a shooting percentage of 4.5%. I mention the latter because his newest goal brings his percentage up to 2.7% for the season. He should regress to the mean, but they may be few and far between.

Zdeno Chara logged 23:31 of ice time in his first game back from a lower-body ailment.

He was credited with three hits, two blocks and a minus-1 rating. "I felt pretty good for the first game back," Chara said. "It was a good game to come back. Obviously, Florida is a very good skating team, and it is always challenging to play them. But I had no issues, and it felt good to be back, and obviously it was a big win." He was reunited with rookie defender Brandon Carlo in Boston's 4-3 OT win over Florida.

His power-play marker in the third period tied the game at 3-3 after the Capitals jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Boston entered Wednesday's action in 27th place on the man advantage and now the team has moved up to the 26th spot.

Rask has been fantastic this season, but this was far from his best outing of the year. The Capitals led 3-0 in the second period, but the Bruins got three unanswered goals from Dominic Moore, David Pastrnak and Colin Miller to tie the game. In overtime, it was Nicklas Backstrom that gave the Caps the win. Rask now has a 14-4-2 record with a 1.79 goals-against-average and a .933 save percentage.

Anton Khudobin allowed four goals on 22 shots in Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

Khudobin has only played in five games this year, but his numbers haven't been pretty. It's the third time he's given up four goals in a game. He has a 1-4-0 record with a 3.02 goals-against-average and a .888 save percentage.